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3D printing boosts membrane capability hopes

January 23, 2017
News
3D printing could advance membrane fabrication and capability, according to a new review by researchers from the University of Bath. Membranes for the separation of gas or liquids are restricted...
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Heart of glass

January 12, 2017
Insight
Paul Le Pinnet is SOG Group’s Chief Scientific Glassblower. He is a fellow of The British Society of Scientific Glassblowers and has written numerous scientific papers, contributed to glassblowing journals...
Materials
Interviews, Materials, Materials Science
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Ready for a fully energised lecture?

December 12, 2016
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The Christmas Lectures have been a key part of the Royal Institution’s science outreach since 1825. Following in the footsteps of scientists such as Faraday, Sagan and Dawkins, Professor Saiful...
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Energy, Interviews, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Nanocars driven by UV light

November 29, 2016
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An international collaboration has seen scientists control single molecule ‘nanoroadsters’ with light and also observe, for the first time, how they move.Alongside experimental physicists in Austria, the scientists were able...
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Nanotechnology
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Magnetic crystals hold drug delivery potential

November 28, 2016
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Chinese researchers have discovered a way to control microscopic crystals using magnetism, leading to hopes that it could be used to apply cancer treatments directly to tumours. When magnetised, these...
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Materials Science
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New material aids energy conversion

November 24, 2016
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Researchers have created a new material capable of converting waste heat to electricity with high levels of efficiency. The scientists modified a compound made of niobium, iron and antimony, substituting...
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It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it…

October 13, 2016
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After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE on the strange world of quantum biology
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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Bio-inspired blueprint for new material

October 11, 2016
News
MIT engineers have designed a beaver-inspired wetsuit material to insulate surfers.
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World’s smallest machines scoop Chemistry Nobel

October 5, 2016
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The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their design and production of molecular machines.The collective work of Sauvage (University of Strasbourg,...
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Nanotechnology
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UK University to upgrade CERN’s LHC

September 5, 2016
News
CERN will receive vital upgrades to parts of the LHC from scientists at Huddersfield University.
Materials
Materials Science
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